<p>Does the possible major you select on your app play a role in your decisian process. I selected some things I was interested in, but I am really undecided, and wrote about how i can explore my undecided, various interest. in the why brown essay.</p>
<p>it can help you.</p>
<p>female engineers come to mind.</p>
<p>But what if i selected a BA, but am now thinking of a BS</p>
<p>It does affect your application to some extent.
If you check a language or less popular major, your application will be viewed in a different light than, say, economics or psychology. </p>
<p>I also heard that indicating interest in a non-science P.hD changes things a little.</p>
<p>Basicly, Brown can not have a class that is 50% biology and 50% english majors. They look for diversity. Entering freshman, though, can not be expected to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives, so it is mitigated by the expectance of switching majors.</p>
<p>Does Cognitive Science and Linguistics count as a "less popular major"?</p>
<p>Yes, miaoling, I would think it does.</p>
<p>Is music a popular major? I selected it as my first choice. :/</p>
<p>Definitely not! I mean, if it was, Brown would have been an arts college;)
Thxxx pyewacket, we met again:)</p>
<p>Our music department is great, but obviously it's not a "popular major" compared to more standard, "academic" majors.</p>
<p>what about mcm? i put undecided but im curious how popular it is</p>
<p>Brown used to say that indicated concentration was a factor. But I can't find it on their web site anymore. Perhaps too many people claimed esoteric things they weren't really interested in? I'm not accusing anybody on this thread of this, I hasten to add. I've just read other threads where people ask if it could help if they put down something peculiar and could they then take what they want at the school. Maybe schools have been doing the same reading.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think a peculiar concentration can help, but only if your application somehow demonstrates you are really interested in the subject -- courses, essays, ECs, an internship or job, etc. For instance, I think being a prospective Egyptology concentrator helped my daughter get into Brown, where she is currently a freshman. But she had Latin, Greek, and several correspondence courses in Egyptology on her high school transcript, some work samples (a research paper and a hieroglyphs translation), and a recommendation from an Egyptologist. It was clear that her interest was genuine.</p>
<p>jeez, Diane, your D sure had A LOT of things going for her. IMHO she should have gone straight to grad school;)</p>
<p>I think she would have liked that! In a way, her experience at Brown is a bit like grad school (the fun part anyway) because it is the only college in the Western hemisphere with a major in Egyptology and it lacks distribution requirements. A few other places have a relevant near eastern studies major, but not as many strictly Egypt courses, and they have extensive distribution requirements. </p>
<p>So Brown would have seen there is quite a fit between what they offer and what she wanted. I think that is probably critical. Once students have a certain level of achievement it comes down to things like "What will this student add to our student body?", "Will this student fit in here?", "Can this student pursue his/her interest elsewhere?", and yes, "If we admit this student, will s/he come?" </p>
<p>I certainly want to wish all the applicants here the best of luck in getting into the best college for each of them!</p>
<p>I believe a few depts look at applications and offer input to admissions. Both Classics and Music did this as recently as two years ago.</p>
<p>I was wondering the same-- Is the Modern Culture and Media concentration a popular major at Brown?</p>
<p>Would Neuroscience or Cognitive Science be considered "popular"...It seems to be a relatively new, happenin' major, but maybe that's just me :)</p>
<p>i hope possible concentration counts considering engineering / chem / physics majors had to submit extra recs and essays.</p>
<p>@Billy: it definitely is popular b/c I'm applying for a seat there too. Cheers:) Good to see another guy interested in CS;)</p>
<p>how about psychology?</p>
<p>Psy is officially popular dude;) It says so on the website. Oh, and there's this Psy professor called Patrick Foo who's SO hot on ratemyprofessor.com. He happens to teach in Cognitive Sciences courses too. Anyone knows anything about him?</p>